Lisabaki
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editHello, Lisabaki, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Adam and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 23:30, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
Peer Feedback
editHi, I was assigned to do a peer review on your assigned wikipedia page.
Things that are good:
I like the structure of the wikipedia page, it's clean and simple, and thus easy to follow. I also liked your paragraph on your user page.
Things to improve on:
I believe there should be more elaboration on the significance of slave narratives in helping black lives- I believe for example, Fredrick Douglass' account was greatly influential in encouraging people to end slavery. Furthermore, what is the significance, for example on having neo-slave narratives, when slavery has already ended? Elaborating on the historical significance (by citing perspectives from articles written by scholars) would be really interesting and useful to the reader. I know there are also many examples listed of each subtype, but giving a short and brief elaboration on an example of a slave narrative (that does not have its own wikipedia page) would also give a clearer picture on what a slave narrative is all about. From what I read, the storyline of the slave narratives seems really simplistic (even though I know it's probably not). Elaborating on your paragraph would also be really interesting- about how slave narratives are also a form of literature. Perhaps tracing the history of how it was defined as literature or became greatly popular among the masses would also be helpful for the reader to look at. The other slave narratives section is also a little messy- the citations are confusing. More elaboration on the division between captivity as slaves and as prisoners of war or other relatedly similiar items would also be interesting.
Hope this helps!
Josetan (talk) 02:44, 8 March 2017 (UTC)Josephine
Hey, I really like the contribution on your page which touched on how the slave narratives were more than just a way to tell their own personal story, but an attempt to immortalize parts of history that would not have otherwise been recognized. I think you should definitely add it to the wikipedia page, it really captures the essence of the slave narratives place in history, without them we would know so much less about what life was like back then. If you want to, I think you have even more room to expand on it, possibly how slavery is becoming less of a taboo topic in school and how slave narratives are being used there to tell pieces of history that young people historically have not be exposed to. Or whatever direction you want to take it in because I believe that topic is really valuable and a needed addition to the article. The contributions you've made to the wikipedia page already are solid, and you've got good sources. An area I did notice wasn't really touched on in the article was how slave narratives are affecting the modern world. If you wanted to create your own sub-heading for that or just add bits in pieces throughout the article I believe that would be powerful as well. Right now it seems that they're just going over the history of what a slave narrative is without effectively telling the story of the impact that they've had. Potentially something about how people have been able to connect to the history of their families through them, trace back their roots. Overall though great job.
P.s. Sorry about my feedback coming in so late thought I had posted it 2 days ago, I'm guessing I forgot to save after previewing.
Jonesmal (talk) 23:40, 11 March 2017 (UTC)Malcolm